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1. Waitangi Tribunal - Poverty Bay [pdf, 4.2 MB]

   Rangahaua Whanui Dis t r ic t 5b POVERTY BAY SIÂN DALY February 1997 Working Paper : Firs t Release WA I T A N G I TR I B U N A L R A N G A H A U A W H A N U I S E R I E S Other Rangahaua Whanui reports District reports District 1: Auckland, R Daamen, P Hamer, and B Rigby District 7: The Volcanic Plateau, B Bargh District 8: The Alienation of Maori Land in the Rohe Potae, C Marr District 9: The Whanganui District, S Cross and B Bargh District 11a: Wairarapa, P Goldsmith Distri

2. Improving the justice response to victims of sexual violence: victims experiences [pdf, 1.6 MB]

   ...Experiences  Page 9 ➢ Some victims felt unsafe in and around the court due to the presence of the offender and their supporters. Most victims involved in the research chose to be present at court to hear sentencing and often felt less protected and less safe at this time as they waited in public waiting spaces and were at risk of encountering the offender and/or their supporters. ➢ Preparing a victim impact statement can be experienced as empowering or traumatising....

3. [2009] NZEmpC CC 5/09 Ramsay V Commissioner of Police [pdf, 126 KB]

   ...his own investigation into such matters. [25] When a complaint is reported the Commissioner of Police may request the PCA to defer its inquiry while a disciplinary or criminal investigation takes place so that evidence gathered is not protected by the privilege which attaches to PCA inquiries. [26] General Instructions 1A111(1) sets out the general principles for investigations, the relationship between the investigator and the PCA, initial action, complaint investigat...

4. LCRO 47/2024 OZ v HD (22 November 2024) [pdf, 277 KB]

   ...(sic) could not be applicable; (m) the applicant had not provided any details of confidential information she alleged the respondent had provided to the husband in breach of r 8.7 (sic); 3 Lawyers and Conveyancers Act (Lawyers: Conduct and Client Care) Rules 2008 (the Rules). 7 (n) the complaint was made more than two years after the firm ceased acting for the husband; (o) because no concern was raised between December 2019 and December 2020 to the firm acting for the husband,...

5. MacGregor v Craig [2016] NZHRRT 6 [pdf, 226 KB]

   ...out principally by staff rather than by Commissioners. Where this was unsuccessful, the complaint was to be referred to the (then) Proceedings Commissioner to decide whether to initiate proceedings before the Tribunal (Re-Evaluation of Human Rights Protections in New Zealand (Human Rights Commission, Wellington, 2000)). The current process, which is based on alternative dispute resolution, is designed to be more flexible and allow the parties themselves to retain control: s 75(b). [21]...

6. [2013] NZEmpC 40 B v Virgin Australia (NZ) Employment & Crewing Ltd [pdf, 356 KB]

   ...before the incident; that the plaintiff’s behaviour in handing out unidentified pills in a plastic bag (which he indicated was unusual) was not isolated to the 10 June incident and gave further weight to the plaintiff’s seemingly reckless and careless behaviour in regards to safety and behavioural expectations of someone in the role of a pilot. The plaintiff was advised that if the requested information was not provided Mr Lowe would proceed to make a determination on the bas...

7. [2017] NZEnvC 037 Wellington Fish Game Council v Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council [pdf, 3.7 MB]

   ...Manawatu-Wanganui Regional Council A E Day B J Matheson for Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd and for DairyNZ Ltd P R Gardner for Federated Farmers of New Zealand M W Black representing Mauri Protection Agency T H Bennion for Water and Environmental Care Association Inc DECISION ON APPLICATION FOR DECLARATIONS Decision issued: !l' March 2017 Declarations made - see para [186] Costs reserved 2 Introduction [1] In an application dated 16 September 2016, as amended in Novem...

8. [2023] NZEmpC 168 AJY v Chief Executive of the Department of Corrections [pdf, 545 KB]

   ...decision to remove AJY. [98] Ms Coats acknowledges that Corrections did not consult with AJY before re- assigning them to the Gatehouse. However, Corrections submitted that it was entitled to re-assign AJY, that the re-assignment was necessary to protect their health, and that no consultation was required before a decision was made so long as consultation happened at some point. Finally, it is submitted that once it had been decided that AJY was not going to return to Prosecuti...

9. [2022] NZEnvC 058 Barnhill Corporate Trustee v Queenstown Lakes District Council [pdf, 995 KB]

   ...the fully discretionary development regime of the Rural General Zone of the ODP, as proposed by the PDP, was unlikely to achieve the Strategic Direction of the PDP in the Wakatipu Basin over the life of the PDP. We are concerned that, without careful assessment, further development within the Wakatipu Basin has the potential to cumulatively and irreversibly damage the character and amenity values which attracts [sic] residents and other activities to the area. [5] The panel recom...

10. [2024] NZEnvC 155 Save the Maitai Inc v Nelson City Council [pdf, 888 KB]

    ...Kākā Stream, on vegetated areas on the south of the site as it adjoins the Maitai River, and to the west as the site slopes towards Nelson City; (e) a number of other small areas of Kanuka Vegetation and Kahikatea and wetland are identified for protection; (f) overlays identify areas as Residential Green and Revegetation (in the rural zone); (g) an Indicative Road. [20] The approach of identifying areas for zoning in a structure plan incorporated in a schedule is consistent...